Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-12-05 | Page 5 | Friend of Abraham Lincoln is Dead

I FRIEND OF I ABRAHAM i LINCOLN IS DEAD De Det 4 Jud Charles Redding nodding Cal Judge Judge o I Wells ells 97 said to have lave been the olde oldest t man in Shasta county count Cal and a personal per per- friend of Abraham Lincoln por-I por was wag burled buried here toUa today following nil his death Monday in tho the county count hospital Born Dorn in Tennessee Judge Yells Welts was wasa I a 0 lawyer In Illinois when Abraham Lincoln was practicing In the ho samo sarno samoi i Thirty years ago he came to Shasta county count II 1 For twenty nine of th these years cars his whereabouts unknown unknown un un- known to his daughters his nearest living relatives Mr Mrs Ir James R. R Clarkson Clarkson Clark Clark- son on of Keno hn Wis Vis and Mrs Irs Elizabeth Eliz abeth of oC Omaha but they finally located him and provided for tor forMa Ma his needs